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[quote=Anonymous]OP:  I completely respect the fact that your family is into sports and your kids are probably doing other things like music etc.  You have clearly made a choice.  However, let me share a few further thoughts.

The time commitment also depends on the troop.  Some GS troops only meet every other week. I know some troops in which parents take two meetings for that month and other parents take another month.  You should find out about the troop you are interested in joining.  I think in general, that Girl Scouts is less time intensive than Boy Scouts. But all leaders appreciate support of various kinds from parents.

I believe all parents should think about how their kids are spending their time and if the kid is 3rd grade or older, I believe they need to participate in choosing their activities.  I think there comes a point when we have to ask our kids to choose how they really want to spend their time because you can't choose everything.

What does your kid like to do?  You get a lot of important values, friendships and fun from sports.  But if a scout troop is well-run, then your child is going to learn about outdoors, working together, making decisions, and explore a wide variety of interests while developing their own leadership skills and helping others through community service.  My son has played soccer for 10 years and is now 16.  He's good and he loves it.  But the variety of activities that he has done in scouting has really made a mark on him in terms of understanding himself and others because he has been put into so many different situations and had to problem solve and make decisions and actually learned lifeskills. It is just a broader range of experiences than sports. [/quote]

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